Timeline for Why does more voltage mean more current?
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| May 15, 2020 at 15:16 | comment | added | vikrant | i actually found the answer, the voltage is the energy per coulomb of charge, or we can say the "push" force of an electron. So a load needs a certain amount of energy, it could be more speed of electrons or the energy stored in an electron. | |
| May 15, 2020 at 15:11 | comment | added | Owen | You may want to consider asking (or searching for) a separate question, as we are no longer talking about the waterfall analogy. | |
| May 15, 2020 at 13:15 | comment | added | vikrant | I have read that if the power consumption remains constant, increasing the voltage will reduce the current. But voltage is just a potential difference, how can increasing the voltage reduce the current, as the appliance, say a motor, needs actual flow of electrons to operate. | |
| May 15, 2020 at 12:56 | comment | added | Owen | Yes, you are correct. In a circuit, if we keep R fixed, and increase V, I will increase. My argument is that if we want to carry over the 'increase the height of a waterfall' example to circuits, we must also increase R, so that I stays constant in such a scenario. | |
| May 15, 2020 at 12:53 | comment | added | vikrant | as I=v/r, so if the voltage increases, the current should too right? | |
| May 15, 2020 at 12:36 | comment | added | vikrant | i still don't get it, why does increasing the voltage, not increase the current in a circuit? also , is increasing the current mean increasing the speed of electrons, or the total number of electrons , or both? | |
| Apr 18, 2020 at 17:41 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Apr 18, 2020 at 17:29 | history | edited | Owen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Improved analogy.
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| Apr 18, 2020 at 17:18 | history | answered | Owen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |